Dr. Peck, acclaimed psychiatrist, therapist and government administrator, draws on his enormous experience to reveal that pain is a necessary part of healthy life. But, above all, he identifies the prevalence of incivility in society, condemning it as a misuse of power. Every organization needs healing, he says and this must be achieved through ethical sensitivity, a sense of community and honest, high-quality communication.

 A World Waiting to be born shows us all what we need to do to take the healing of our world into our own hands. Passionately written, brilliantly argued and disarmingly astute, this is the book for our times.